to-come

English

noun

Definitions

(rare) Something which is to come.
(rare) The future.

Etymology

Com from English to (apart, intensively, severely) + English come (comer, arrival)inherited from Middle English tocome inherited from Old English tōcyme (coming, arrival, a coming, an approach, an advent, advent, an arrival).

Origin

Old English

tōcyme

Gloss

coming, arrival, a coming, an approach, an advent, advent, an arrival

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Cognates and derived terms

aftercome English
ancome English
become English
come English
come in English
come through English
comeback English
comedown English
comeling English
comeover English
comer English
comest English
cometh English
coming English
commeth English
downcome English
forecome English
forthcome English
fulcome English
go-to English
hand-to-mouth English
hitherto English
how-to English
income English
intercome English
into English
miscome English
newcome English
offcome English
oncome English
onto English
outcome English
overcome English
precome English
telling-to English
thereto English
thitherto English
to English
to've English
to-be English
to-bread English
to-do English
to-draw English
tocome English
toward English
undercome English
unto English
untoward English
upcome English
uptodate English
welcome English
whereto English
tōcyme Old English
comen Middle English
to Middle English
tocome Middle English
kam Tok Pisin